CORNWALL Council has 72 employees earning more than £58,000 – with the top 32’s salaries totally £3.1
million. The figures were revealed in the week Local Government Minister Eric Pickles called on councils to
name all staff on more than £58,000 in a bid to shame them into cutting the number of high earners.

Chief executive Kevin Lavery has a salary of £200,000 a year, with three corporate directors earning £140,000 a year each, one earning £135,000 and another £125,000.

Other top earners include Des Tidbury, head of community safety and chief fire officer, who earns between £120,000 and £125,000. Felicity Owen, director of public health, a joint appointment by the council and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust, earns between £115,000 and £120,000.